Jérémy Cabot refuses to take the hat and defends himself on Twitter

From his hospital room in Belgium, pending his repatriation, Jérémy Cabot wanted to defend himself. Accused by Tom Pidcock of being at the origin of the violent fall which occurred on Sunday during Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and clumsily pointed out by Romain Bardet on social networks, the TotalEnergies rider refuses to take the hat for a fault which he claims not to have committed.

“A clarification,” he wrote. Besides the physical pain, I read comments that are at best unpleasant, at worst totally false. Yesterday (Sunday) I was the first to fall on Liège-Bastogne-Liège, A runner who forces the passage behind me while I was on the very right of the road in the wheel of the Bora runners, not room for two there, my wheel touching that of the runner, no time to brake… And chaos…. in a quarter of a second. »

The apologies of Romain Bardet

Named in Romain Bardet’s tweet, who called on Monday morning for more responsibility in the face of risks in the peloton, Cabot insisted on recalling that he had “never taken reckless risks”. “My teammates, my team and my relatives know the time I spend at the back of the peloton to avoid danger… I have never been a hothead, he continued. I never play the last to brake. NEVER. And I’ve been even more reasonable since becoming a dad two years ago. Please stop the interpretations and their dissemination. »

Aware that his message could have been misinterpreted on social networks always quick to take out the tar and the feathers at the slightest opportunity, Romain Bardet published a correction on Twitter: “Jérémy was in the wrong place at the wrong time, although Far be it from me to pass judgment on responsibility for the fall, the waves, the speed, the road surface. I’m really sorry that my post was confusing, good luck man. For his part, Jérémy Cabot praised the gesture of the Team DSM runner who rescued Alaphilippe when he fell.